Knowsley doesn’t just have great parks, it has the most award-winning green spaces per person across the Liverpool City Region. Knowsley boasts 21 Green Flag parks – the internationally recognised mark given to high quality and accessible parks and green spaces.

In Knowsley visitors are spoilt for choice when it comes to the great outdoors with 4 large borough parks (Court Hey, Halewood, Mill Dam and Stadt Moers) alongside the historic Bowring Park, the oldest park in Knowsley and home to the first municipal golf course in the country.

In addition, there are 90 smaller local parks and natural spaces dotted across the area. There’s also a variety of exciting play spaces, natural play areas and thirteen ‘work out’ Green Gyms.

Bowring Park is the oldest public park in Knowsley. Long before it existed as a public green space it was part of the Roby Hall Estate which was bought and re-designed – as you can still see today – by John Williamson (the then Mayor of Liverpool) in 1761.

1907 the Estate was bought by the Alderman Sir William Bowring and gifted to the city of Liverpool “for the use of inhabitants of Liverpool for all time.”

Bowring Park and Golf Club is managed by One Day.

Visitor facilities and attractions include:

• Accessible footpath routes
• Car park
• Playground
• Events and activities
• Walled garden
• Friends of Bowring Park
• Open throughout the year
• On site training and volunteering opportunities
• Coach House Café – suitable for dogs
• Outdoor seating
• Dog friendly site
• Venue hire for indoor classrooms, meeting rooms and function spaces

Located in Knowsley just 4.5 miles from Liverpool City Centre, Court Hey Park is a beautiful green space which spans 14 hectares and holds a prestigious Green Flag Award.

Visitor facilities and attractions include:

• Car parking
• Children’s playground
• Cricket pitch
• Bowling green
• Sunken gardens
• Esposito’s cafe
• Picnic area
• Wildflower and wetland habitats
• Gladstone’s Roots Mansion House footprint
• Walking and cycling clubs
• Events and activities
• The park is accessible throughout
• ‘Work Out’ Green Gym

Location: Roby Road, Huyton, L16 3NA

Mill Dam Park is one of the main public parks in Kirkby and is a beautiful outdoor space providing visitors with opportunities to explore woodlands and meadows, take in scenic views at the lake, stop off for a coffee and have plenty of fun at the on-site play facility.

Visitor facilities and attractions include:

• Play and Environment Centre
• Car parking
• Walking, Nordic Walking and cycling clubs
• Wildflower, wetland and woodland habitats
• Lake
• Adventure playground
• The main footpath routes are accessible
• ‘Work Out’ Green Gym
• Stadt Moers Park

Location: Mill Lane, Kirkby, L32 2AU

Stadt Moers Park covers a huge 220 acres of land which was previously use for coal mining. In 1983 the site was restored and the park – named after Knowsley’s twin town of Moers in Germany – was opened to the public.

Visitor facilities and attractions include:

• Environment Centre
• Car parking
• Playgrounds
• Cycleway
• Cross country course
• Walking and cycling clubs
• Wildflower, wetland and woodland habitats
• Fishing pond
• Friends of Stadt Moers Park
• ‘Work Out’ Green Gym
• The main footpath and cycle routes are accessible

Location: Pottery Lane, Whiston, L35 3RG